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Year of the Dog / Zodiac Sign
狗 is the character for dog, canine, or hound in Chinese.
If you were born in the year of the dog, you . . .
Are strong-willed
Loyal to your friends and mate.
Never compromise when you think you are right.
Note: Can be pronounced, and means dog in Japanese but feels like a very old word (see our other dog if you need a Japanese dog).
See also our Chinese Zodiac page.
鞦田犬 is the Japanese title of the breed of dog known as an Akita.
Technically, the title above means “Akita hound” or “Akita Dog.” The literal translation of these characters is “autumn field dog.”
Note: This title is Japanese only. In China, this breed of dog is referred to as "The Japanese breed" (literally: Japanese hound).
Chinese title:
(another version)
犬 is another way to write dog in Chinese and Japanese.
Just like we have words like dog, hound, pooch, and canine in English. However, this is NOT the character used to express “Year of the Dog.”
Although it is the most common way to say/write “dog” in Japanese.
See also our Chinese Zodiac page.
These search terms might be related to Hound:
Chase
Hunt Foxes With Stealth, Hunt Wolves in the Open
Pursue Your Dreams
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your hound search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
星鮫 see styles |
hoshizame; hoshizame ほしざめ; ホシザメ |
(kana only) starspotted smooth-hound (species of hound shark, Mustelus manazo) |
猟犬 see styles |
ryouken(p); kariinu / ryoken(p); karinu りょうけん(P); かりいぬ |
hound; hunting dog; gun dog |
獵犬 猎犬 see styles |
liè quǎn lie4 quan3 lieh ch`üan lieh chüan |
hound; hunting dog |
白鮫 see styles |
shirozame; shirozame シロザメ; しろざめ |
(kana only) spotless smooth-hound (Mustelus griseus) |
走狗 see styles |
zǒu gǒu zou3 gou3 tsou kou souku / soku そうく |
hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw |
逼死 see styles |
bī sǐ bi1 si3 pi ssu |
to hound sb to death |
千鳥柄 see styles |
chidorigara ちどりがら |
(See 千鳥格子) hound's-tooth check |
強請る see styles |
nedaru ねだる |
(transitive verb) (kana only) to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune |
犬星鮫 see styles |
inuhoshizame; inuhoshizame イヌホシザメ; いぬほしざめ |
dusky smooth-hound (Mustelus canis); smooth dogfish |
食下る see styles |
kuisagaru くいさがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; (2) to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose; (3) (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips |
シロザメ see styles |
shirozame シロザメ |
spotless smooth-hound (Mustelus griseus, species of houndshark from the northwest Pacific) |
ホシザメ see styles |
hoshizame ホシザメ |
(kana only) starspotted smooth-hound (species of hound shark, Mustelus manazo) |
兔死狗烹 see styles |
tù sǐ gǒu pēng tu4 si3 gou3 peng1 t`u ssu kou p`eng tu ssu kou peng |
lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose |
千鳥格子 see styles |
chidorigoushi / chidorigoshi ちどりごうし |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) hound's-tooth check |
短腿獵犬 短腿猎犬 see styles |
duǎn tuǐ liè quǎn duan3 tui3 lie4 quan3 tuan t`ui lieh ch`üan tuan tui lieh chüan |
dachshund; basset hound |
食い下る see styles |
kuisagaru くいさがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; (2) to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose; (3) (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips |
食下がる see styles |
kuisagaru くいさがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; (2) to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose; (3) (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips |
トリュフ犬 see styles |
toryufuken トリュフけん |
truffle dog; truffle hound |
ホシザメ属 see styles |
hoshizamezoku ホシザメぞく |
Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks) |
食い下がる see styles |
kuisagaru くいさがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; (2) to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose; (3) (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips |
イヌホシザメ see styles |
inuhoshizame イヌホシザメ |
dusky smooth-hound (Mustelus canis, species of hound shark found in the Western Atlantic) |
モトホシザメ see styles |
motohoshizame モトホシザメ |
smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus, houndshark found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean) |
キツネホシザメ see styles |
kitsunehoshizame キツネホシザメ |
smalleye smooth-hound (Mustelus higmani, species of houndshark from the western Atlantic) |
トガリドチザメ see styles |
togaridochizame トガリドチザメ |
slender smooth-hound (Gollum attenuatus, species of finback catshark from the Southwest Pacific) |
アフガンハウンド see styles |
afuganhaundo アフガンハウンド |
Afghan hound; Afghan |
スムーズハウンド see styles |
sumuuzuhaundo / sumuzuhaundo スムーズハウンド |
smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus, houndshark found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean) |
バセットハウンド see styles |
basettohaundo バセットハウンド |
basset hound |
アフガン・ハウンド see styles |
afugan haundo アフガン・ハウンド |
Afghan hound; Afghan |
スムーズ・ハウンド see styles |
sumuuzu haundo / sumuzu haundo スムーズ・ハウンド |
smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus, houndshark found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean) |
バセット・ハウンド see styles |
basetto haundo バセット・ハウンド |
basset hound |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Dog | 狗 | inu / ku | gǒu / gou3 / gou | kou |
Akita Dog Akitainu Akita Inu | 鞦田犬 秋田犬 | aki ta inu / akitainu | ||
Dog | 犬 | inu | quǎn / quan3 / quan | ch`üan / chüan |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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